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&header;
<img alt="FreeBSD Releases" src="../gifs/releases.jpg" height="200" width="300" align="right" border="0">
<p><em>For late-breaking news about FreeBSD, please visit
the <A HREF="&base;/news/newsflash.html">Newsflash</A> page.</em></p>
<p>FreeBSD releases are classified into "Production Releases" and
"Legacy Releases". The former are best suited to users looking for
the latest new features; the latter are for users wishing to stay with
a more conservative upgrade strategy.</p>
<p>Releases are further classified by the length of time they will be
supported by the Security Officer into "Normal" and "Extended"
releases.</p>
<p>Documentation files for each release are
available for viewing in HTML format on the
<a HREF="&base;/relnotes.html">Release Documentation</a> page.</p>
<a name="supported-releases"></A>
<h2>Currently Supported Releases</h2>
<p>Complete information about the release date, the classifcation
type, and the estimated End-Of-Life (EOL) for currently supported
releases can be found on the <a
href="&base;/security/security.html#sup"> Supported Releases</a>
section of the <a href="&base;/security/security.html">FreeBSD
Security Information</a> page.</p>
<a name="current"></A>
<h2>Current Release(s)</h2>
<h2>Most Recent Release(s)</h2>
<h3>Production Releases</h3>
<p><b>Release &rel.current;</b> (&rel.current.date;)
<em>
<a href="&u.rel.announce;">Announcement</a> :
@ -36,6 +57,7 @@ the <A HREF="&base;/news/newsflash.html">Newsflash</A> page.</em></p>
<a href="&u.rel2.errata;">Errata</a>
</em></p>
<h3>Legacy Releases</h3>
<p><b>Release &rel3.current;</b> (&rel3.current.date;)
<em>
<a href="&u.rel3.announce;">Announcement</a> :
@ -45,6 +67,13 @@ the <A HREF="&base;/news/newsflash.html">Newsflash</A> page.</em></p>
<a href="&u.rel3.errata;">Errata</a>
</em></p>
<a name="future"></A>
<h2>Future Releases</h2>
<p>For the schedule of upcoming releases, or
for more information about the release engineering process, please
visit the <a href="&base;/releng/index.html">Release Engineering</a> page.</p>
<p>The latest snapshots from our <A
HREF="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html#STABLE">FreeBSD-STABLE</A>
and <A
@ -53,35 +82,8 @@ branches are
also available. Please see <A HREF="../where.html">Getting
FreeBSD</A> for details.</p>
<a name="supported-branches"></A>
<h2>Supported Releases</h2>
<p>The current designation and estimated lifetimes of currently
supported releases can be found on the
<a href="&base;/security/security.html#sup">FreeBSD
Security Information</a> page.</p>
<a name="future"></A>
<h2>Future Releases</h2>
<p>We will continue to bring you new releases from both
our <A HREF="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html#STABLE">FreeBSD-STABLE</A> and
<A HREF="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html#CURRENT">FreeBSD-CURRENT</A>
branches, both as developer's snapshots and as regular full releases.</p>
<p>For more information about the release engineering process,
or to see a comprehensive schedule of upcoming releases, please
visit the <a href="&base;/releng/index.html">Release
Engineering</a> section of this web site.</p>
<p>The release documentation files for FreeBSD-STABLE and
FreeBSD-CURRENT are available for viewing in HTML format on the
<a HREF="&base;/relnotes.html">Release Documentation</a> page.
These files are rebuilt periodically, and reflect the changing
state of FreeBSD's development.</p>
<a name="past"></A>
<h2>Past Releases</h2>
<a name="prior-supported"></A>
<h2>Prior Releases Still Being Supported</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>8.2</b> (February 2011)
<em>
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<a href="8.1R/errata.html">Errata</a>
</em>
</li>
</ul>
<a name="prior-unsupported"></A>
<h2>Prior Releases Which Have Reached End-Of-Life</h2>
<p>Complete historical information about the release date, the
classification type, and the effective End-Of-Life (EOL) for these
releases may be found on the <a
href="&base;/security/security.html#unsup">Unsupported Releases</a>
section of the <a href="&base;/security/security.html">FreeBSD
Security Information</a> page.</p>
<ul>
<li><b>8.0</b> (November 2009)
<em>
<a href="8.0R/announce.html">Announcement</a>: